Melrose High School

John T. Griffin “Johnnie Grif”

Class of 1938, Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts: John T. Griffin (“Johnnie Grif”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 44.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 74 more named Griffin

Full name: John T. Griffin
Known as: Johnnie Grif
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: a medical school, preferably Harvard
Pastime: “Collecting blue slips and coins”

Also searched as: Jack Griffin; John Griffin; Johnny Griffin; Griffin, John.

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Same surname 58
Classmates 276
Same schools 97

In context

Of the 277 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1938 read for this site, John's is 84th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 44 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 207. 75 other classmates came from Roosevelt School, the school John is listed as coming from. College or university was the plan of 54 of the 120 classmates who printed one (45%), and John is listed with “a medical school, preferably Harvard”. Count the first names and the class of 1938 gives Robert (13), John (12) and Richard (10), where the class of 1936 gives Charles (7), Richard (7) and Robert (7).

On the same scan page	Raymond Greenlaw, Charles Griffiths, Lois Griffiths
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)
Same first name	John: 11 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

Roosevelt School With the faculty forever on his ears, “Grif” has a hobby of collecting blue slips. He is also a collector of coins. To follow out his College Course of High School, “Johnnie” expects to go to a medical school, preferably Harvard. He also has interests in scientific research and engineering.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 44. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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